Overview
- The District Court of Western Australia imposed a three-year sentence on Jennifer Mui Len Chin, suspended for two years, with supervision and program requirements.
- Judge Belinda Lonsdale said immediate imprisonment would adversely affect Chin’s young son and described the suspension as a rare exception.
- A jury in August convicted Chin of causing bodily harm for stabbing a 14-year-old boy in October 2023 after discovering him in her Parkwood home.
- Prosecutors rejected her self-defence claim; the boy sustained chest wounds that did not require surgery, and the court was told he suffers ongoing psychological harm.
- Evidence at trial detailed a secret relationship between the teens and the daughter now living with grandparents, and the victim’s father said the family would urge the state to appeal.